Patent Lawyers Club of Washington 
www.PatentLawyersClub.com
Officers 2007-2008
President Tom Anderson Hunton & Williams
Vice President Tom Clouse Law Office of Peter G. Korytnyk
Treasurer Eric Wright Morgan and Finnegan
Secretary Ralph  Webb Stein, McEwen & Bui
Membership Rhonda  Barton Arent Fox

The Patent Lawyers Club of Washington is always seeking new members who are lawyers and who enjoy interacting with others involved in the protection of intellectual property, including private practitioners, judges, examiners, professors, students, and PTO, justice department, and elected officials. If interested, please fill out and send in the Application for Membership which is a Word document at the link below. We look forward to seeing you at our next event.

 Click here for the Application for Membership form in Word.

 Click here for Annual Dues Payment form in Word.

Click here for more information about the Patent Lawyers Club of Washington in Word.

Click here for original Patent Lawyer's Club Constitution adopted Sept 24, 1935 in PDF

 Click here for the 50th Anniversary Celebration (1935-1985: former presidents, all
  active members & 4 pages of club history) in PDF

Celebrating Our 73rd Year

                    
             

Events 2007-2008
For the photos taken at the dinner, click on the thumbnails to see a larger version.

 
Date Speaker  Topic
September 20, 2007

Glen Kacher  Managing Director, Integral Capital Partners, LLC
Golf Outing and Dinner Meeting at The Golf Club at Lansdowne  

 “IP Aspects of Private/Public Investments in High Technology Companies”
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November 13, 2007 Bryan Moore   Office of Unfair Import Investigations, United States International Trade Commission

Section 337 Investigations - FAQ  31 page pdf  553K

“Enforcing Intellectual Property Rights At The International Trade Commission”
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March 5, 2008 Harold Wegner  Foley & Lardner LLP
Power Point Slides of the talk outline
in PPT 2007   or in Old Format pre 2007 
A detailed written presentation of the talk in 21 pages is here This was not read. The first page has Hal's Top 10 Patent Cases for 2008 as revised 3/4/2008. 222K
  		"Current Topics in Patent Practice"
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April 3, 2008 Henry N. Wixon,  Partner, WilmerHale
President, Maryland Chapter, Licensing Executive Society 		"Current Topics in Licensing"
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May 29, 2008 The Honorable Chief Administrative Patent Judge Michael Fleming,
Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences

Presentation Slides 38 slides in PDF 1.2M
Presentation Slides 38 slides in Power Point 
748 K  
"Present and Future Perspectives - Challenges - Enhanced Flexibility -- Best Practices"
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June 13, 2008
Dinner Dance 
Congressional Country Club
Gautaim Sain elected to Membership

 



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Events for the past eight years are here

Click on the last names that are underlined and see their web page at work

PR06-07 means President from summer 06 through spring 07

Members
Andy Aitken Venable
Stan Aksman Hunton & Williams
Ralph Albrecht Venable
Robert  Babayi Venable
Mojdeh Bahar National Institutes of Health
George  Beck Foley & Lardner         PR03-04
Arash Behravesh Law Office of Peter G. Korytnyk
Bill Bergmann Baker & Hostetler
PR01-02
Gerry Bjorge Keil & Weinkauf
Steve Bloor U.S. Army Research Lab.
Barry Bretschneider Morrison & Foerster
Hung Bui Stein, McEwen & Bui
Sam Burkholder Fitch Even Tabin & Flannery
Brian  Buroker Hunton & Williams
PR00-01
Ed Cabic self - former WR Grace
Benoit Castel Young & Thompson
John  Castellano Harness, Dickey & Pierce
PR99-00
Kristina Castellano Castellano PLLC         PR06-07
Chun-I Chiang Air Force
PR98-99
Ken Colton Fitch Even
Sharon Crane Bingham McCutchen
Patrick Delaney Smith, Gambrell & Russell
Vince DeLuca Novak Druce & Quigg
John  Dewhirst self - former PTO
Tom  Dickey PTO  2826
Jim Dresser Antonelli
Jean Dudek Fitzpatrick Cella
PR02-03
Kevin  Duncan Hunton & Williams         PR04-05
Kevin Dunleavy Hunton & Williams
Dave D'Zurrilla Oblon
Alan Ehrlich Stein, McEwen & Bui
Jim Eller Birch Stewart
Gary Fedorochko Banner & Witcoff
Andrew Freistein Oliff & Berridge
Jim Gatto                       Pillsbury Winthrop
PR96-97
Mike Gellner PTO SPE 2832
PR89-90
Ken  Genoni Ropes Gray
George Georgellis Hunton & Williams
Matt Gill Stein, McEwen & Bui
Elliot          Goldberg Birch Stewart
John Goolkasian Oblon
Justine Gozzi Venable
Art Grimley PTO SPE 2852 
Gary  Hausken Dept. of Justice
Jennifer Hayes Sughrue
David Hill Finnegan
George Hovanec Burns Doane
Danny Huntington Bingham McCutchen
Eric Jensen Young & Thompson
Robert Joynes National Institutes of Health
Jeff Kaminski Venable
Ron  Kananen Rader, Fishman & Grauer
Tina  Katcheves Saul Ewing LLP
Ed  Kondracki Miles & Stockbridge
Jennifer King Patton Boggs
Bob Koch Milbank
Mark  Konieczny Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack
Peter Korytnyk Law Office of Peter G. Korytnyk
Larry  Laubscher, Jr.  Law Office of Lawrence E. Laubscher , Jr.
PR93-94
Larry Laubscher, Sr. Laubscher Law Office
PR63-64
Jim  Laughlin Holland & Knight
Dick  Lazarus Barnes & Thornburg
Roland Long Young & Thompson
John Luce Stevens Davis
Tom Lynch self - former PTO
Susan  Mack Sughrue
Clif McCann Venable 
Liam McDowell Young & Thompson
Michael McManus McKool Smith
Tom Maser Law Office Larry Laubscher Jr.
Ken Meyers Finnegan
PR80-81
Bill Millen Millen & White
Tom Moore Bacon & Thomas
Bob Mukai Burns Doane
PR87-88
Gary Nath Nath & Associates
Stephan Palan Burns Doane
Andrew Patch Young & Thompson
Vinit Patel PTO 1764
Tom Perkins Young & Thompson
Marvin Petry Stites & Harbison
Joe Piccolo PTO Solicitors Office 
PR97-98
Harris Pitlick Oblon 
Mike Piziali Young & Thompson
Paul Pyla Birch Stewart
John Raubitschek Dept. of Commerce
Adam Rehm Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal
Andrew  Reish David, Brody & Donershine
PR95-96
Scott Richardson Burns Doane
Richard Ruzich Dept. of Justice
Gautam Sain Roylance, Abrams
Jeff Sanok Evenson, McKeown,
Ankur Shah Foley & Lardner
Mike Shea Nixon & Vanderhyde
Jasbir Singh  Winston & Strawn
Jim  Slattery Birch Stewart
PR85-86
Bill Smith PTO BPAI
Matthew S. Smith PTO SPE 2825
George  Spencer Stein, McEwen & Bui
Norman Stepno Burns Doane
Henry Tarring self - former PTO
Rodger Tate Hunton & Williams
Russ Travers Travers Law Firm
Howard Troffkin self - former WR Grace
Arnold  Turk Greenblum & Bernstein
Anthony Venturino Stevens Davis
Steve Walsh PTO Solicitors Office 
Wallace Walter self
Herb Wamsley IPO
Ken  Waszkiewicz Morgan & Finnegan
Collin Webb Fitzpatrick Cella
Marc Weinstein Foley & Lardner
Steve Weyer Stites & Harbison
Jeff Wolfson Haynes and Boone
Cherie Woodward PTO 1647
Brad
Wright
Banner & Witcoff           PR05-06
Bruce Zotter Finnegan
 
 

Questions or corrections - please e-mail Ed Cabic 

Also, anyone without a link that would like to place a page of information here, send a note to Ed Cabic

Former Presidents 
Years
Kristina Castellano 06-07
Brad Wright     05-06 
Kevin Duncan  04-05
George Beck  03-04
Jean  Dudek  02-03
Bill  Bergmann  01-02
Brian  Buroker  00-01
John Castellano  99-00 
Chun-I Chiang  98-99
Joe  Piccolo  97-98
Jim  Gatto  96-97
Andrew Reish  95-96
Cynthia Foulke  94-95
Larry  Laubscher Jr.  93-94
Bill Wannisky  92-93
Scott Partridge  91-92
Terry  Clark  90-91
Mike  Gellner  89-90
Joe Potenza  88-89
Bob Mukai  87-88
Harris Pitlick  86-87
Jim  Slattery  85-86
Pete Gowdey  84-85
Terry  Scott  83-84
Chuck Wendel  82-83
Tony  Birch  81-82
Ken Meyers  80-81
Gerry  Bjorge  79-80
Ron  Kananen  78-79
Marv Petry  77-78
David Murphy  76-77
Bill Bullinger  75-76
Joe  Kolash  74-75
Ray Stewart  73-74
Ed Dyson  72-73
Terry Birch  71-72
Larry  Laubscher Sr.  70-71
Tom  Sarro  69-70
     
 
For all earlier years see 50th Anniversary Celebration